Phantom of The Opera and Les Miserables lead, Ramin Karimloo, asked me to create the drawing for his limited edition prints for his latest London gig. Click here to read what he says about the drawing.

I will be exhibiting my new painting 'Underwater Treasures' at a group show at the Artworks on Poole Quay. I have been exploring different media in my painting recently; this piece was created using various enamel and gloss paints as well as spray paint. I look forward to seeing you at the private view on Friday 27th March.

For one of them, I drew inspiration from my hometown of Bournemouth and painted the pier. This is a new technique I have developed as I used acrylic paint for the structure of the pier but then mixed various gloss and metallic paints for the sky and sea to give greater texture and fluidity to the artwork. I also made sure the colours complemented the interior decor.

For the second painting I created a map of the world in acrylic paint followed by gloss and silver paint to denote the sea